This and That

My life has taken a sudden turn for the quieter and I’m very pleased with that. I can honesly say that if I were still at work this week, I do not know what I would do. I am so enjoying the ability to work on MY tasks, then take a rest, then eat a snack, drink some water, then work on what I need to do some more. I think I’d be in the midst of a breakdown at this moment if I was still commuting to work and putting up with shit there.

I had my last baby shower last night. My group of girlfriends from my old job before moving to New York threw it for me at Maggiano’s. Total there are six girls, but one of us moved away to Maryland earlier this year so our gatherings have been just the five remaining Dallas-ites for a while. It was fun, as always to see everyone. I am the second to last in the group to have a baby. My friend Cyndi, who I guess you would say is my probably the friend in that group I’m closest with, is pregnant for the second time. She’ll be the first to have two kids and she’s kind of freaked that they will be less than two years apart. Oh, and everyone else has had girls so if Curtainrod really does end up being a boy, he’ll have his pick of all those older ladies when it’s time for him to start thinking about dating!

Election Day has come and gone again. I don’t really like to write about politics here because I know you don’t read this site for political commentary. But I’m sure no one will be surprised to hear that I am pleased with the overall national picture as far as the control of the House goes, but saddened by 1) the re-election of the Governor Fabulous (Rick Perry - if you want to know why I call him that, do a search and check out that hair of his) here in Texas; 2) the re-election of Satan Senator in a Bouffant Hairdo (Kay Bailey Hutchison) also here in Texas; and 3) the number of states that passed bans on gay marriage. I’m not surprised by any of those three things but that doesn’t mean I am pleased with them either.

I had Curtainrod’s carseat installed today. I know the damn thing comes with installation instructions, but then you hear the scary statistics that something like 85% of infant car seats are installed improperly. I don’t want to be in that 85%. I had searched around looking for a place that would do it and heard that fire stations across the country do installations. Not in Garland, Texas though. Apparently, there have to be certifications to do installs and sadly that doesn’t seem to be a priority of the City of Garland fire department. But someone at City Hall let me know that Rusty Wallis Volkswagen does car seat installations. I called and made an appointment with a very nice man named Craig, who assured me that it was ok that I do not drive a Volkswagen and that no, there really is no charge for it; they do it as a service to the community. I showed up about 15 minutes early today and he started right away. It took about 25 minutes, but when you are dealing with your baby’s car seat, you will wait however long you have to wait. He walked me through some tips for strapping the kid in and a few other safety things - like you should NOT put a towel down under the seat. I had brought a towel with me, but he said that the only thing you should use is something very thin with a no-slip back and that a towel will move around which is why you shouldn’t use them. Anyway, City of Garland? Can’t be bothered to get certified to install car seats. VW dealership? They can. If you live in Dallas and ever need car seat installation or know someone who does, I just can’t say enough good things about the process. We will be in the market to replace my car sometime in the next few months, and while I was already interested in a couple of Volkswagens, you can bet that my first stop will be to Rusty Wallis to look and test drive. That, my friends, is very smart business. I’m sure Jake will have a thing or two to say about this when we take his car in to them for the installation of the extra base in his car.

I have a doctor appointment tomorrow and hopefully I’ll hear news of further dilation. I’m not necessarily ready to evict the kid, but it would be nice if I started the labor process already dilated a few centimeters. I really don’t want to have the baby any earlier than the week of Thanksgiving, but I know I have zero control over that. Unless I beg for an induction, which I don’t feel the need to do just yet. Back pain and all, I’m happy to keep the kid inside me for a few more weeks.

So it seems that Britney and K-Fed are divorcing. Big shocker there. I do have to give props to the paparazzi here, though. In general, when they start reporting something, no matter how much the celebs involved deny deny deny, we always find out a few months later that it was true all along. I don’t think what the paparazzi does is admirable in any way, but they’ve certainly got their intelligence together. Maybe some of them should have been recruited by the Bush administration a few years ago. I’m just saying.

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